Footwear



H. L. SCHAMBERG FOOTWEAR Feb. 15,1927. 1,517,42

Filed Dec. 4, 1925 enema Feb. 15,1921. l 1,617,462 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT 'L. scnmnne, on NEW YORK, n. Y., ASSIGNOR' 'ro ANNETTE nnu'rz, or

7 NEW YORK, .N. Y.

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Application filed December 4, 1925. Serial No. 78,122.

This invention relates to foot wear, and ner layers 14 and 15", respectively, being of more particularly is directed to a slipper any suitable lmlng fabric. r shoe of improved construction adapted The two parts 14 and are preferably to be used for bathing and other special sewed together by stitches 16 to form the 5 purposesy front interfolded seam 17 which extends Among the objects of the invention is the from the toe end 10 of the shoe over the provision of a slipper or shoe ofthe chartop front portion thereof, as shown in Figs. acter described, which shall conform to the 1 to 3 inclusive. natural shape of the wearers foot, and af- To facilitateputting on and removin the 10 ford a hi hly comfortable-fit without reshoe, the rear upstanding portion 0 the stricting t e free movement of the ankle parts 14 and 15 are provided with suitable and toes, and yet be exceedingly cheap to releasable closure means, such as a flap 18. -manufacture so as to serve as an inexpen- The latter may be made as an integral exsive bathing slipper, neat in appearance, and tension of the part 15 or as here shown may 15 ractical to a high degree for'the purposes be attached to said part 15 in any well escribed. known manner. 7

Other objects of this invention will in Quick-detachable fasteners 19 of suitable art be obvious and in part hereinafter construction retain the flap 18 in its effective pointed out. closed position; said fasteners comprising a 0 The invention accordingly consists in the double row of'spaced loop members 19 pro- 75 features of construction, combinations of vided on the exterior side of the part 14; elements and arrangement of parts which and a row of rustless, buckle-plates 19 atwill be exemplified in the construction heretached to extend inwardly from. the edge inafter described, and of which the scope of portion of the flap 18 and to lie flat there- 25 application will be indicated in the followagainst for retaining said plate in releasable ing claims. engagement with the loop members 19 when In the accompanying drawing, in which the plates are inserted into the latter. is shown one of the. various-possible illus- It is apparent that the plates 19" intertrative embodiments of this invention, lock with the loop members 19 and prevent 30 Figs. 1 and 2 are perspective views of a the releasement of the flap 18 due to'tension bathing shoe embodying the invention; stress on any parts of the shoe u per 15 Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on tending to pull said flap open, the asteners line 3-3 in Fig. 1; and p 19 being released only when the plates 19 Fig. 4 is a plan view of the upper portion are withdrawn from the loop members 19. 35 of the improved shoe laid flat. A dominant feature of the invention is the Referring in detail to the drawing, 10 deprovision of a bathing shoe of simple connotes a shoe embodying the invention which struction that conforms to the natural shapeis seen to comprise a sole 11 to which an upof the wearers foot without in any way reer 12 is attached in any suitable manner as' stricting the free ankle-and toe movements by means of an inturned seam 13 and while swimming. To this end, as seen from stitches 14. Fig. 4, the parts 14 and 15 forming the up- The shoe 10 when used'for bathing may per 12 are shaped substantially dissimilar-1y, have the sole 11 made of two flexible layers, the part 14 being made more pointed and the exterior or under layer 11 preferably narrower in width at the front portion A, being either of dr' 1, canvas, or other wearwhich normally extends over the wearers resisting material, and the inner layer 11 big toe't-han the corresponding portion B which is adapted to contact with the sole of the part 15 which normally extends from of the wearers foot being fiannelette, or the wearers small toe inward. other suitable, soft-surfaced material. The It will be understood that the shoe 10 50 upper 12 may be made in two parts 14 and may be constructed of suitable, single layer 15, each preferably of a double-layer conmaterlals, or if desired, may be made of struction, the outer layers 14 and-15 resheet rubber in any well known manner.

being either of satin-finished It Wlll thus be seen that there 1s provided spectively cloth or other suitable material that is neat a device in which the several objects of this 55 and attractive in appearance, and the ininvention are achieved, and which 'is well thereof, one of said adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various ossible embodiments might be made of the a ove invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all. matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my. invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A shoe of the character described comprisin a sole, and a two part a etrically ormed upper formed or flexi 1e material secured theretoand permanently closed at the front of the shoe, said arts of the upper being openable at the bac of the shoe to facilitate the putting on and the removal arts being made from a blank that is shape more pointed and narrower in width at its front end portion than the other, as and for and s ecified.

2. shoe of the character described comprising a flexible interlined sole and u per, an inturned seam extending comp etely around the sole for attaching the interlined upperthereto, said upper being formed of two asymmetrically formed parts, an interfolded seam connecting said parts to ether for permanently closing the portion a apted to cover the frontof the wearers foot, said parts being openable at the back to facilitate the putting on and removal thereof, one of said parts being made. from a blank shaped less pointed and wider at its front end portion than the other, as and for the purpose described and specified.

In testimony ,whereof I aflix my signature.

HERBERT L. SCHAMBERG.

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